Match stats tell their own story as Lampard leads way in top flight

FRANK LAMPARD was easily the best player in the Premiership last season according to the Premier League’s official statistics.

Wayne Rooney may have scooped the awards as player of the year and Didier Drogba won the golden boot, but no-one was more successful across the board than the Chelsea and England midfielder.

Lampard’s 22 goals set a new record of scoring from central midfield and in the 10 categories such as assists, passes and tackles which go to decide the Premier League’s Actim Index, Lampard was among the top 10 players in no less than eight of them.